The Teen Choice Awards were handed out last night, and in case you don't want to scan through the 50 categories, here's a brief rundown: The Hunger Games, Twilight, "Pretty Little Liars," "Vampire Diaries" and Emma Stone won 85 percent of the awards. While it'd be easy to dismiss today's teenagers as vapid twits, the truth is, with the exception of Twilight (and the inexplicable decision give the best action star award to the troglodytic 2x4, Taylor Lautner), their choices aren't any better or worse than the choices in 1999. I've seen some of "The Vampire Diaries" and while it doesn't soar to the height of "Buffy," it's not a bad show. Likewise, based on the little I've seen of "Pretty Little Liars," a comparison in terms of quality to "Dawson's Creek" would not be unfair. Also, Hunger Games is better than any of the films that won in 1999. Plus, for nearly every Twilight award, 1999 had an award for She's All That.

Here's a comparison of the 1999 Awards to the 2012 Awards, taking into account that there were far, far fewer awards handed out in 1999.